On 30/10/2008, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM, A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally have no problem seeing Ubuntu ship a few default > > templates in /etc/skel/. From my GNOME point of view, I think it'd be > > a healthy thing to do, and I think distros have the good sense to > > manage what they put in there, even though it's not "recommended". > > > This is the problem right here. I think it's pretty uncontestable, for > the reasons that Michael Meeks states on the Gnome mailing list > thread, that having some templates in ~/Templates by default would > improve enormously the user experience. So, it's a valid bug. But, > it's been closed by the Ubuntu developer because we have one Gnome > developer, not even the nautilus maintainers, with a loud voice on a > thread on the Gnome mailing list saying it's a bad idea because he > doesn't trust distributors to do a good job to maintain a healthy list > of templates. > > It seems plain to me having read the thread that the correct approach > here is for distros to take responsibility for this and ship some > templates in ~/Templates by default (whether using /etc/skel or other > technical means). It's only distros who have control over whether that > list of templates will get "cluttered" or not, so it's distros who can > keep it clean. > > I think closing the bug was the wrong decision and I really hope that > it can be reconsidered as a potential feature for Ubuntu 9.04. > > -- > Matthew East > http://www.mdke.org > gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF > > > -- > > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop >
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